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no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose...
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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for him to come into the public's grace. >> maybe he does do some triathlons, if he decides to do that, is there any way that he could actually fool people again, that he might be able to cheat again if he wanted to? >> well, like jennifer anniston said on friends, once a cheater, and i think that's going to be people's expectation at the very start. it's going to be guilty until proven innocent for him for the rest of his days, no matter where it is in the public eye. whether it's a career in politics, whether it's something that
lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for...
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what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were inspired by, and now he's turned out to be nothing but a giant hoax and a sham. right? and we've got manti te'o who was a victim of a hoax possibly, but we're having a hard time believing that. i think stories like lance armstrong are part of why we're having such a hard time believing manti te'o could have been a victim. >> yeah. other than the lance armstrong theory, which you know we're kidding about, he did say that two guys and a girl are responsible for the whole thing. hoop is he talking about? >> well, he's talking about a guy named tuiasosopo. ronaiah tuiasosopo, a high school athlete in cal
what my theory is behind this entire really weird story, behind this hoax, lance armstrong. i'm obviously kidding. >> what? >> i'm obviously kidding, but my point is this. first of all, funny to see how much attention has been taken off lance armstrong this week by this manti te'o story, but my serious point is that you look at the issue of trust of sports stars. right? in the same week we've got lance armstrong, who we obviously, people trusted him for a decade or more and were...
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lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of...
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from how we look at lance armstrong. yes, the victories were gained in a totally wrong, immoral way and he is bearing the consequences of that now, but it doesn't change the fact that millions of people's lives were changed for the better because of him. i don't think that we should totally forget that. >> he also ruined a lot of people's lives. >> and his reputation. >> i don't care about his reputation. he's ruined people's lives -- >> you don't care about -- >> -- by throwing them under the bus. >> you don't care about it but i think in terms of we're talking about what's fair and what the proper shakeout of all this should be, it's certainly worth noting whether you care about it or not that his life and his reputation will be shattered. >> deservedly. >> deservedly but will be. >> and for young people who are looking at this, you know, they're not looking at doping and using performance enhancing drugs and saying this worked out really great for him. >> i don't know about that. i don't know. i don't know how many pe
from how we look at lance armstrong. yes, the victories were gained in a totally wrong, immoral way and he is bearing the consequences of that now, but it doesn't change the fact that millions of people's lives were changed for the better because of him. i don't think that we should totally forget that. >> he also ruined a lot of people's lives. >> and his reputation. >> i don't care about his reputation. he's ruined people's lives -- >> you don't care about -- >>...
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. >>> is lance armstrong still holding on to secrets? >> he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. >> what does oprah mean that she was surprised and that he didn't come clean? more on lance's so-called admission that he was doping and now the justice department is considering joining a lawsuit against lance armstrong. >>> plus, why democratic senator chuck schumer now says he is ready to support former republican senator chuck hagel for defense secretary and what that means for hagel's chances of confirmation. >>> and the first lady teams up with the world's largest retailer to put veterans back to work. details on what the first lady calls walmart's historic and groundbreaking plan. >>> and you can join our conversation on twitter. my twitter page is @tamronhall and you can reach my team. ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. now tell the world daniel... excuse me, sir i'm gonn
. >>> is lance armstrong still holding on to secrets? >> he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. >> what does oprah mean that she was surprised and that he didn't come clean? more on lance's so-called admission that he was doping and now the justice department is considering joining a lawsuit against lance armstrong. >>> plus, why democratic senator chuck schumer now says he is ready to support former republican senator chuck...
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armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was targeted. we'll see what happens with that. let's go back to washington where randi kaye is at the national mall. hopefully it's starting to warm up now that the sun is up. 8:06 there in d.c. >> oh, yeah. sun's coming up. the sun is up. we have a nice, big heater about the size of a small car to my left over here. so that certainly helps. they're taking good care of us here on the set at cnn. even as washington prepares for president obama's inauguration, it's also vowing to do everything necessary to protect americans in a harrowing hostage crisis unfolding in algeria. dan rivers i
armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was...
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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> for months, even longer, armstrong has been feeling the effects of the latest and biggest u.s. anti-doping investigation. this one found him guilty of using illicit drugs throughout his cycling career. now his to
lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >>...
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he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all acknowledged how hard it is just to do what he's done, and frankie in a report today was saying until you sit down and start talking to usada, you don't know how hard that is. the people who are there and made the mistakes he did in a smaller way, they seem to have more empathy for him than everyone else. interesting. >> oprah asked about paying off allegations that he attempted to pay off usada or somebody in his world attempted to pay off usada. let's listen to what he said. >> last wednesday night travis tygart ceo of usada told 60 minutes sports that someone on your team offered a donation that us
he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all...
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lance armstrong, a full confession. i'll talk to somebody who has been through the mincer as someone exposed as a cheat. we'll listen to his take on lance armstrong and his comeback in political life. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're getting a ton of shrimp, and it tastes really good! [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's 30 shrimp for just $11.99! choose any two of five savory shrimp selections, like mango jalapeÑo shrimp and parmesan crunch shrimp. two delicious shrimp selections on one plate! all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. 30 shrimp, just $11.99 for a limited time. wow, that's a lot of shrimp. i'm ryon stewart, i'm the ultimate shrimp lover, and i sea food differently. [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine re
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>>lance armstrong dijo que no era posible ganar un tour sin deparse. que viajaba en aviones para doparse, que las agujas las tiraba dentro de latas de refresco para no dejar evidencia. no temia ser descubierto, que sentia que no hacia nada malo. lance armstrong fue objeto de una investigación que no arrojo resultados. >>compañeros dieron su testimonio y dijeron que era el programa más sofisticado de dopaje que se haya visto. >>junto a otros, enfrenta una gran demanda. >>pordrían llegar a encauzarlo formalmente. quizás pueden acusarlo de tráfico de drogas a nivel estatal e internacional. >>hoy vencia el plazo si el servicio postal se unia a la demanda del ex compañero de lance armstrong, que violó una clausula de patrocinio. el servicio quiere recuperar los 40 millones de dólares que le dio a lance armstrong por seis años. >>este podría recibir el 25% de lo que puedan recuperar >>revelaciones que pueden cambiar el curso de este deporte. >>y habrá que esperar el desenlace en corte. >>y un sicario que quiera confesar sus delitos no es común.
>>lance armstrong dijo que no era posible ganar un tour sin deparse. que viajaba en aviones para doparse, que las agujas las tiraba dentro de latas de refresco para no dejar evidencia. no temia ser descubierto, que sentia que no hacia nada malo. lance armstrong fue objeto de una investigación que no arrojo resultados. >>compañeros dieron su testimonio y dijeron que era el programa más sofisticado de dopaje que se haya visto. >>junto a otros, enfrenta una gran demanda....
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i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with oprah winfrey and said, no, it's not true. i did not bully people into doing anything they didn't want to do. i may have bullied people who accused me of things, which doesn't make him very sympathetic, but i didn't do anything in terms of facilitating doping in cycling. i think that's what's going to trip him up going forward. >> all right. stick around. we're going to come back a little later in the program and talk to you about the manti te'o hoax. thanks. >>> other news overseas in north africa. we're learning more details about the hostag
i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with...
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>> well, if you see now i'm a little uncomfortable lumping manti te'o with lance armstrong. i don't disagree with much of what anybody said about lance armstrong but maybe i'm a little gullible here but the more i'm reading about and trying to piece together this manti te'o situation, we have learned a few new things today. number one, his friend that set up this fake account supposedly and the fake girlfriend now called a church friend, a church friend talked to espn and said that he told her the church friend or him the church friend, i don't know if he's a he or she, he did this to multiple people. messed with them, had done it to manti te'o and manti te'o found out about it on december 6th. one of the theories that's been floating around is this started out as a hoax. te'o decided i'm going to ride this to get me the heisman trophy and consideration. >> right. >> if you accept the december 6th date, the balloting is done. >> he didn't lie after the girlfriend after that date. >> that's point two. accepting the timeline, it is coming in to focus and wasn't a heisman angle
>> well, if you see now i'm a little uncomfortable lumping manti te'o with lance armstrong. i don't disagree with much of what anybody said about lance armstrong but maybe i'm a little gullible here but the more i'm reading about and trying to piece together this manti te'o situation, we have learned a few new things today. number one, his friend that set up this fake account supposedly and the fake girlfriend now called a church friend, a church friend talked to espn and said that he...
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. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by him for years until this interview. >> it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie. that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: a lie that over the 90-minute program he made clear was contrary to his real attitude about doping. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: performance-enhancing drugs, he said, were part of the sport like air in the rider's
. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by...
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man for lance armstrong. to get epo for the tour de france, we came up with a plan. and the plan had moto man involved where he would follow the race, always stayed within probably a half hour drive of our motorcycle drive from our hotel. he basically had the container filled with epo. and he would basically just wait for a phone call on a secret phone. when he had to do a delivery, he would do a delivery. >> armstrong coming up now. can he get off to a great start in the tour de france? he is aiming at 8:09. 8:02.51. lance armstrong with that performance -- >> this is where the legend began. on the very first day of his comeback tour de france, lance armstrong won the prologue. >> lance armstrong has delivered a great blow -- >> three weeks later, less than three years after being diagnosed with cancer, he won his first tour de france. it would be the first of seven. armstrong was now a legend in his sport, a sport tainted at the highest level. >>> next, doctors, coaches and cover-up. >>> lance armstrong was
man for lance armstrong. to get epo for the tour de france, we came up with a plan. and the plan had moto man involved where he would follow the race, always stayed within probably a half hour drive of our motorcycle drive from our hotel. he basically had the container filled with epo. and he would basically just wait for a phone call on a secret phone. when he had to do a delivery, he would do a delivery. >> armstrong coming up now. can he get off to a great start in the tour de france?...
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who exactly is lance armstrong? >> you and i both know that fame just magnifies whoever you really are. so if you're a jerk you're a bigger jerk. if you're a humanitarian, you're a bigger humanitarian. >> um, i would say i was both, and we saw both. now we're seeing certainly more of the jerk part. >> cenk: jerk might not be the proper lexicon for this occasion. i think there is more of that jerk part still to come. save ziron this man has been our go-to man on everything lance armstrongen. thanks so much. >> great to be here. >> great to have you. >> john: what was your over all reaction. >> i thought it made the titanic look like a smooth viage by comparison. lance armstrong he hit iceberg oprah and it was all down hill from there. lance armstrong had two main tasks he had to get done in this interview, and he failed spectacularly at both of them. one, he had to chose the anti-doping agency that he was willing to play ball. he had to be willing to say your findings were correct and i throw myself on the court. the
who exactly is lance armstrong? >> you and i both know that fame just magnifies whoever you really are. so if you're a jerk you're a bigger jerk. if you're a humanitarian, you're a bigger humanitarian. >> um, i would say i was both, and we saw both. now we're seeing certainly more of the jerk part. >> cenk: jerk might not be the proper lexicon for this occasion. i think there is more of that jerk part still to come. save ziron this man has been our go-to man on everything...
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a fearful lance armstrong. expect to hear lots of i'm sorries. many are saying, yeah, right. armstrong is just coming clean because he wants to qualify for competitions in the if you want the "l.a. times" dubbed it the tour de fraud. but oprah on cbs this morning defended the interview. >> i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. i didn't get all the questions asked, but i think the most important questions and the answers that people asht world have been waiting to hear were answered and certainly answered -- i can only say i was satisfied by the answer. >> oprah said in terms xf possess sur exposure, it is the biggest interview for lance ashe's ever. our talk back question, can lance armstrong redeem himself. >>> he's vowing to help stop gun violence in america even if he has to act on his own. but president obama's vow is angering at least one member of congress. he's threatening impeachment. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i fig
a fearful lance armstrong. expect to hear lots of i'm sorries. many are saying, yeah, right. armstrong is just coming clean because he wants to qualify for competitions in the if you want the "l.a. times" dubbed it the tour de fraud. but oprah on cbs this morning defended the interview. >> i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. i didn't get all the questions asked, but i think the most important questions and the answers that people asht world have...
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i never wore that bracelet because of lance armstrong. it was a very, very personal thing, and i always wore it as a remembrance of what danny was going through every day in his life that he could never escape cancer, and i always wanted to have it on my wrist so i would always remember his struggle. >> wow. thanks for sharing, but it just brings home that what lance armstrong did and what he represented is very personal for millions and millions of people. i remember when after my diagnosis they sent me a bracelet and materials from him, and it just is incredibly disillusioning, as it is with other athletes who have been proved to be cheaters. >> i mean, when you think about all of this was built on lies, and i -- that is what is very, very hard to get your head around. andrea. >> and as pete williams points out, there could be legal ramifications ahead of him. >> absolutely. >> thank you, pete. ann, thank you so much. >>> still ahead here a major roadblock clears for chuck hagel. >>> and our women making history continues in the senate
i never wore that bracelet because of lance armstrong. it was a very, very personal thing, and i always wore it as a remembrance of what danny was going through every day in his life that he could never escape cancer, and i always wanted to have it on my wrist so i would always remember his struggle. >> wow. thanks for sharing, but it just brings home that what lance armstrong did and what he represented is very personal for millions and millions of people. i remember when after my...
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that's what lance armstrong said for the first time ever. the seven-time tour de france winner admitted. the world's most famous cyclist talked about the allegations that have been plaguing him for years. this as the justice department extended a deadline as to whether to intervene. kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: a one-word answer. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> reporter: after years of denials, seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> those who have followed armstrong say tonight's admission is self-serving. >> i believe that he's completely insincere except for this. he is starting to repair his own brand. >> reporter: a brand that has lost milli
that's what lance armstrong said for the first time ever. the seven-time tour de france winner admitted. the world's most famous cyclist talked about the allegations that have been plaguing him for years. this as the justice department extended a deadline as to whether to intervene. kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: a one-word answer. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> reporter: after years of denials, seven-time tour...
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get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that willingness to do anything to win in cycling that took him to some dark places and seeing exactly as we wrote in our book the secret race we are seeing exactly what that place looked like and what it is made of and the decisions he made,. >> rose: the answer to the question, why would he dope in the first place is simply the competition and the need to win? >> it has to do with the way he is built, this is what makes lance, lance he so easy the word in a very binary way, he looks out at a landscape if something will help him and if it won't, he won't do it, so that same strategy, that same mindset which made hi
get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that...
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lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted for telling the truth when he was still lying. >> this is a guy who used to be my friend who decimated me. he could have come clean. he owed it to me. he oweds it to the sport that he destroyed. >> her husband used to ride with lance armstrong. she's going to join us later tonight, and again, will be reacting instantly to what she hears from armstrong. last night, she said armstrong dropped the ball, that he owed to her and her husband frankie to come clean. when he was lying, they were telling the truth, and he tried to destroy them, what she rea reacted so
lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted...
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you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a difference, and some say they are disappointed. there are cyclists who are livid, ashleigh, about what they heard the other night. but i spoke with one person, michael hall, he writes for "texas monthly" he rode with lance and he knows him well enough, and he said when you listen to what lance armstrong had to say, you do have to question whether he really meant it,
you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here,...
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>>lance armstrong admitió lo que había negado por años, el dopaje. >>y hace un año el presidente hugo chávez dio un informe anual que duró varias horas, hoy lo dio nicolás maduro y duró diez minutos. <>>durante años lance armstrong nego haberse dopado para obtener ventaja en las compeetencia, hasta ataco a quienes lo acusaron. >>pero la confesion también podría valer millones >>gano siete tour de francia, combatio el cáncer testicular y por años negó haberse dopado >>pero el año pasado la agencia estadounidenses antidopaje, le quitó los siete titulos y le prohibió correr de por vida. >>horas antes pidió perdón a quienes trabajan en su fundacion por los problemas que pudo haber causado >>expertos legales dicen que esto estaría en un costo de 40 millones de dólares, lo que los patrocinadores le han pagado. >>han hecho un control de daños. >>lance armstrong no es la primera estrella del deporte que pasa por esto, y ha usado el sistema de pedir perdón para conseguir la consideracion de los demás >>da mala cosa, que admiren a personas
>>lance armstrong admitió lo que había negado por años, el dopaje. >>y hace un año el presidente hugo chávez dio un informe anual que duró varias horas, hoy lo dio nicolás maduro y duró diez minutos. >durante años lance armstrong nego haberse dopado para obtener ventaja en las compeetencia, hasta ataco a quienes lo acusaron. >>pero la confesion también podría valer millones >>gano siete tour de francia, combatio el cáncer testicular y por años negó...
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. >>> we begin with breaking news on lance armstrong. after years of lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seven-time tour de france winner has changed his tune. in a big way. he now calls his whole experience, and these are his own words, quote, one big lie. and says all the blame lies with him. he spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1/2-hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. the encounter began with oprah asking him a rapid fire series of o of questions. with each answer the stakes got higher, the tension rose. take a look. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or
. >>> we begin with breaking news on lance armstrong. after years of lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seven-time tour de france winner has changed his tune. in a big way. he now calls his whole experience, and these are his own words, quote, one big lie. and says all the blame lies with him. he spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1/2-hour interview...